Debridement for Surgical Wounds

Cochrane Review Summary| August 01 2015 Debridement for Surgical Wounds Christine Moreno Smith, RN, MSN Christine Moreno Smith, RN, MSN Christine Moreno Smith is a clinical nurse educator at the Institute for Nursing Excellence, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center and a certified Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Comprehensive Systematic Review trainer at the UCSF JBI Centre for Evidence-Based Patient and Family Care, San Francisco, California. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Crit Care Nurse (2015) 35 (4): 75–76. https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2015658 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Citation Christine Moreno Smith; Debridement for Surgical Wounds. Crit Care Nurse 1 August 2015; 35 (4): 75–76. doi: https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2015658 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentCritical Care Nurse Search Advanced Search What method of debridement is the most effective in removing dead tissue from surgical wounds that have become infected? Debridement is the removal of nonviable tissue and foreign matter from a wound. It is a naturally occurring event in the wound repair process. During the inflammatory phase, neutrophils and macrophages digest and remove debris from the wound area. Most surgical wounds heal naturally without delay or complications. However, complications such as infection and wound dehiscence may occur, and this natural repair process could become overwhelmed and insufficient due to the buildup of infected, contaminated tissue, cell debris or dead, devitalized, fibrous material. This buildup of nonviable tissue then places a higher demand on the wound and may cause the wound to have delayed healing, thus requiring removal of this tissue. Several debridement methods can be used for removal of nonviable tissue from these... ©2015 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses2015 You do not currently have access to this content.